baong baliw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

bauong balio — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
bawong baliw — obsolete

Etymology

From bao +‎ -ng +‎ baliw, literally “crazy widow/er”.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbaʔoŋ baˈliw/ [ˌba.ʔom bɐˈliʊ̯]
Syllabification: ba‧ong ba‧liw

Noun

baong balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (obsolete)

someone whose fiancé or fiancée died before marriage

Further reading

Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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